UNHCR reports 1% of humanity displaced

An unprecedented 79.5 million people, or 1 percent of the world’s population, were recorded as forcibly displaced as of the end of 2019, UNHCR reported.

By Arete News - June 18, 2020

Residents of the Gado Badzere refugee camp in eastern Cameroon (AN/WSSCC)

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